Re: Ada Success Story

[Mark Bennison <mark.bennison@gecm.com.no.spam>]

"Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93" <condicma@PWFL.COM> wrote:

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>    The 1750 is truly an old machine, but it's about the only thing
>    available for deep space environments. It's really tough to work
>    within its memory and speed limitations. If anybody knows of a
>    more advanced, faster processor that is suitable for deep space
>    that doesn't cost six figures a pop and has some proven track
>    record, I'd *really* like to hear about it!

I did some consultancy work for the Ariane rocket programme ( no, it 
wasn't my fault ;-) where I was informed that there is a rad-hard version 
of the SPARC architecture available ( by a Dutch company I seem to recall 
). However, I couldn't glean any more information and the price may well 
be six figures....

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